Billing

Lorely Burt: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps the Government have taken to encourage  (a) private sector companies and  (b) public sector organisations to sign up to the prompt payment code.

Rosie Winterton: My noble Friend the Secretary of State of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has written to over 1,500 UK businesses and the Minister for Economic Competitiveness, Small Business and Enterprise has hosted prompt payment events with businesses, supported by the Confederation of British Industry, Institute of Directors, Federation of Small Businesses, Forum of Private Business and the British Chamber of Commerce.
	All central Government departments have signed the prompt payment code and my officials are working with the regions to promote the code to the wider public sector and to businesses.
	Regional Ministers are taking a strong lead in driving prompt payment. For example, the Regional Minister for the West Midlands acted in March 2009 to encourage public sector organisations in the region to sign up to a 10 day payment pledge; 44 have done so thus far and further action is now being taken to encourage more to do so.

Building Colleges for the Future Programme

David Evennett: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions he has had with representatives of further education colleges on the Building Colleges for the Future programme.

Kevin Brennan: With regards to the Building Colleges for the Future programme, I have met and discussed the current issues with the sector body—the Association of Colleges and the 157 Group. In terms of the programme's implementation, this is the responsibility of the Learning and Skills Council (LSC). The LSC, in its work to resolve the current funding pressures with the programme, has consulted widely. This consultation has been in-line with the recommendations of Sir Andrew Foster, and has included the Association of College's capital reference panel. I have subsequently been kept informed of progress.
	My predecessor and I have held meetings to discuss the positions of individual colleges. Importantly, such meetings must be without prejudice to the statutory responsibility of the LSC for determining capital approvals.

Business: Government Assistance

Mark Hoban: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 2 March 2009,  Official Report, column 1341W, on business: Government assistance, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on levels of borrowing by small businesses in the next 12 months of the operation of the Working Capital scheme.

Rosie Winterton: We have taken steps to help improve cash flow, to increase the availability of the credit businesses need, and to encourage investment so that businesses come through the recession ready to grow.
	In particular, we obtained bank lending commitments from RBS and Lloyds to lend £27 billion additional lending to businesses this year. This includes lending guaranteed under the Working Capital scheme.
	In addition, we introduced a Trade Credit Insurance top-up scheme which provides protections for firms suffering a reduction in cover.
	We have also taken steps to assist small businesses to overcome short-term cash-flow problems—for example the Enterprise Finance Guarantee and also measures to ensure prompt payment by both public and private sectors.

Business: Government Assistance

Mark Lancaster: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what support his Department is providing to small and medium-sized businesses in Milton Keynes.

Rosie Winterton: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills support to small and medium-sized businesses in Milton Keynes is provided through South East England Development Agency (SEEDA).
	SEEDA provides a full range of support mechanisms to small and medium-sized businesses operating in Milton Keynes. The support falls into two broad categories:
	1. Strategic Business Development and Engagement—comprising the Sub Regional Partnership and Employment and Skills Board (MKELP) and Milton Keynes Science and Innovation, for example.
	2. Business support—primarily through Business Link, Manufacturing Advisory Service, Continuous Employment Support Service, and Financial Assistance.
	More detailed information can be found in the attached SEEDA-produced background information.
	 1. SEEDA Specific Milton Keynes Strategic Business Development and Engagement
	 Sub Regional Partnership and Employment and Skills Board (MKELP)
	SEEDA funds the Milton Keynes Economic and Learning Partnership (MKELP) with the purpose of bringing together business and the public sector in Milton Keynes to agree and align priorities and investment at local and sub regional level. MKELP is also financially supported by Milton Keynes Council and the Homes and Communities Agency.
	MKELP specifically:
	Works to align regional and local economic strategy to benefit businesses and local stakeholders in Milton Keynes.
	Understands employer issues in Milton Keynes and makes regional partners aware of these issues and challenges.
	Identifies key growth/economically important sectors and works closely with Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) to help them raise employer demand and investment in skills and encourage employers to engage with and drive the work of their SSC.
	Development of the Partnership's approach to the knowledge economy and the Science and Innovation agenda, encompassing, for example, the Innovation Growth Team, Electric Vehicle infrastructure for the city and inward investment, as well as supporting the bid for Milton Keynes to be a host city in the 2018 Football World Cup and developing a strong higher education offer for local businesses.
	 Milton Keynes Science and Innovation (MKSI)
	Local partners in Milton Keynes are developing a vision to "create the most exciting habitat in the UK for knowledge intensive business" in Milton Keynes. SEEDA is a key stakeholder in this steering group, drawing on its 'know how' and expertise in developing and implementing science and innovation activity elsewhere in the region. SEEDA is also funding a full time project manager to drive the initiative forward.
	 Milton Keynes South Midlands (mksm) Growth Area
	SEEDA (with East of England Development Agency and East Midland Development Agency) has been working with Local Authorities and stakeholders to support the mksm growth area. An Economic Development Plan is being produced focussing on supporting key growth business sectors across mksm with an underpinning skills strategy. The aim is to ensure the jobs target for mksm and Milton Keynes is achieved and includes high quality jobs in the knowledge economy and growth sectors.
	Progress has been presented to the mksm local authority Leaders group and mksm is aiming to have a final Economic Development Plan by October 2009. This plan will feed into a developing Multi Area Agreement which will include Transport objectives and actions.
	 2. Direct Support to Businesses in Milton Keynes which is also available to all businesses in South East
	 Business Link and Enterprise Gateway
	
		
			  MK Businesses support interventions( 1) 
			   Number 
			 2006-09 12,857 
			 2006-07 4,118 
			 2007-08 4,442 
			 2008-09 4,297 
			 (1 )Companies are able to receive the Business Link service as often as they need and are counted once per annum 
		
	
	
		
			  MK  intensive assists( 1) 
			   Number 
			 2006-09 1,550 
			 2006-07 409 
			 2007-08 530 
			 2008-09 611 
			 (1) Action plan agreed 
		
	
	MK Business healthchecks since October 2008: 384
	MK, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire businesses helped in 2008/09 through Enterprise Gateway scheme: 163
	Business Link provides business support and advice for all individuals and businesses already trading or thinking of starting. Benefits include:
	Free Business Health Checks, including maximising cash flow, marketing and business planning, debt management, new market and product development.
	Access to finance advice, credit crunch presentations and finance clinics.
	Guidance and events on how to survive and thrive in difficult times, including advice on reducing energy consumption and costs.
	Access to the SEEDA funded Resource Efficiency programme.
	Access to advice and signposting to skills and training opportunities through the 'Train to Gain' service.
	Analysis and information on new business opportunities and markets.
	In addition the Enterprise Gateway service (delivered through Business Link) offers impartial, professional advice to individuals from under-represented communities facing barriers to enterprise. Business Link also delivers sustainable business advice.
	 Investor Development Manager (IDM)
	 The SEEDA IDM is currently working with seven companies who are making redundancies, five companies linking to train to gain and a further 10 companies on a variety of other support needs.
	SEEDA funds an Investor Development Manager (IDM), Guy Hawking, who works with strategically important companies in Milton Keynes.
	 Innovation and Growth Teams
	 Operational from summer 2009
	On 1 June 2009 a new support service started in Milton Keynes aimed at providing tailored, specialist and technical business expertise to high growth businesses. This sendee will be delivered by an Innovation and Growth Team directed by a consortium of local partners and managed by the Open University. The aim of this service is to create communities of innovation and growth ultimately generating substantial local and regional economic benefits that improve the global competitiveness of the South East.
	 Continuous Employment Support Service
	 In the last nine months 12 companies were supported in Milton Keynes, 761 people were helped.
	Companies thinking about making staff redundant or undertaking a redundancy programme can access the free 'Continuing Employment Support Service' run by Jobcentre Plus in partnership with SEEDA. CESS offers a free in-house package of support to all affected workers before they leave their employment, offering tailored advice on future options.
	 Inward Investment
	 In 2008 / 09 SEEDA referred 34 inquiries to Invest MK.
	SEEDA has an inward investment team who aim to attract business from other countries to locate in the South East.
	 Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS)
	 Between 2006 / 09 40 companies were assisted through MAS
	MAS South East aims to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of manufacturers in the region to create sustainable improvements. Businesses can access hands-on advice and tailored support from experts to suit the individual requirements of their business to produce real results.
	 Grants for Business Investment (GBI)
	 There has been one grant offered
	The GBI scheme has recently been extended to be available to all South East eligible SMEs with long-term viability whose investment plans are being held up by current economic conditions. The scheme aims to assist businesses to increase productivity by funding capital investment in equipment and technology. It is for businesses looking to expand, modernise, rationalise, diversify and increase productivity in order to maintain or establish sustainable growth and provide skilled jobs.
	 Grant for Research and Development
	 There have been and grants for R&D in MK between 2006-09 (totalling £951,000)
	The SEEDA managed grants for R&D are focused on encouraging businesses to carry out projects that they would not necessarily undertake without the grant and lever in to these projects finance from reluctant private investment sources.
	 Finance South East (FSE) Accelerator Fund
	 One company in Milton Keynes has been offered the accelerator fund
	The accelerator fund is a loan fund which supports small and medium sized companies in the South East with the potential for significant growth (early stage or established companies). It is a response to the needs of entrepreneurial businesses who require the level of growth investment provided by risk capital, but which are reluctant to relinquish an equity stake in the company at an early stage.
	 Commercialisation Fund
	 One company has been offered the commercialisation fund (worth £29,000)
	This new fund of up to £3 million supports businesses with high growth potential to bring new products and services to market.
	 Transition Loan Fund
	 The fund has not yet been allocated to any MK businesses
	SEEDA is providing up to £3 million in a new Regional Transition Fund known as the Bridging Mezzanine Debt Fund to be directed at fully established, viable and growing businesses that are currently facing difficulties in obtaining credit through banks and other traditional routes.
	Funding is provided at commercial rates for these unsecured loans, and interest is rolled up and paid at maturity, thereby making the Fund attractive to some businesses urgently needing to address liquidity problems.
	 Milton Keynes Area Programme
	 There were 87 businesses supported between 2006-09
	The overall emphasis of interventions within Milton Keynes was capacity building, particularly in line with skills, learning and employability with a focus on NEET young people (not in employment, education or training). The largest project was 'Routes to Success' which was based on the development of transparent progression routes for residents, including outreach links, IAG in local communities, then leading to open days, short skills sessions and courses, finally moving to specialist training.
	 Rural
	 There were two Farm Diversification Grants between 2006-09
	 There were three businesses supported within the European Rural Development programme (ERDP) between 2006-08
	 £2.4 million has been allocated to the Leader area, however, projects are not yet operational
	SEEDA funds rural programmes in Milton Keynes including Farm Diversification and Rural Redundant Building schemes. In addition SEEDA manages £60 million Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) EU Programme (previously termed ERDP).
	The rural Leader programme for Milton Keynes is within the North Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes area. This wholly EU funded programme is aimed at farmers and forestry diversification with a strong element of community projects.
	 "Immerse" Initiative
	 Businesses not yet supported as a new programme
	SEEDA is introducing and funding a new programme, Immerse, which provides intensive, extended design support to selected larger businesses. Immerse is part of the 'Designing Demand' programmes.
	 UKTI International Trade Sector Specialists
	These are senior executives seconded to UK Trade and Investment from industry spearheading the Government's export drive, helping small and medium-sized enterprises and larger companies to win business around the world. They are available for free consultations and can offer practical exporting advice, information on specific opportunities in markets and sectors.

Business: Government Assistance

Pete Wishart: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many businesses in Perth and North Perthshire constituency  (a) have sought access to funds under and  (b) are receiving assistance from the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme.

Rosie Winterton: The Enterprise Finance Guarantee was launched on 14 January. Set out in the following table is the information for the constituency of Perth and North Perthshire as of 19 August.
	
		
			  Perth and North Perthshire 
			 Number of loans offered 5 
			 Number of loans drawn 4 
			 Value of loans offered (£ million) 0.85 
			 Value of loans drawn (£ million) 0.42

Departmental Pay

Philip Hammond: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much  (a) his Department and  (b) its agencies paid in end-of-year performance bonuses to (i) all staff and (ii) senior Civil Service staff in 2008-09; and how many such payments were made.

Patrick McFadden: Performance-related pay is designed to help drive high performance and support better public service delivery. Performance awards reward high performance sustained throughout the year, and are non-pensionable and non-consolidated.
	Based on the information available, the number of staff receiving these awards is shown in the following table.
	
		
			   Performance awards SCS( 1)  Performance awards: below SCS( 1) 
			  Financial year( 2)  Number of staff receiving  Total value (£)  Number of staff receiving  Total value (£) 
			 2008-09 141 1,210,000 2,930 (3)1,114,592 
			 (1) The annual performance awards are paid on a non-consolidated, non-pensionable basis and do not increase the Department's pay-bill costs each year. For the SCS, the Senior Salaries Review Body determines the level of expenditure to cover bonuses. (2) Financial year running from 1 April to 31 March. (3) Includes staff who were transferred from BERR to DECC as part of the October 2008 machinery of government changes as these staff received a BERR pay award in 2008. 
		
	
	Performance awards make up 1.8 per cent. of the Department's pay bill of £127,434,847
	I have approached the chief executives of the Department's Executive agencies and they will respond to you directly.

Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme

Stewart Hosie: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many applications have been made to the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme; and how many of these have met the eligibility criteria.

Kevin Brennan: As of 12 August, of the over 6,600 cases which have been logged on the Enterprise Finance Guarantee web portal, more than 6,000 firms have been granted, being processed, or assessed, over £680 million. So far, over 4,500 businesses have been offered loans totalling over £450 million.
	Businesses may apply for a loan from one of the participating lenders who will assess which form of lending, including the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG), is most appropriate. EFG is open to small and medium enterprises with a turnover of less than £25 million and is designed to operate at the margins of banks' normal lending activity to SMEs, allowing lenders to provide additional loans to viable companies that are at the margins of commercial lending, because they have insufficient security or their proposal involves a higher risk of loss at default.
	We do not hold figures for those businesses which are instead offered a normal commercial loan, or are rejected for failing to meet the lender's commercial criteria.

Polly Toynbee

Eric Pickles: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what payments his Department and its predecessors have made to Ms Polly Toynbee in the last five years; and for what purposes.

Patrick McFadden: holding answer 14 September 2009
	A payment was made to Polly Toynbee in July 2007 in the sum of £587.50 for chairing the women's Entrepreneur Ambassadors Event at Lancaster House in London.
	There are no other recorded payments to her in the last five years.

Polly Toynbee

Eric Pickles: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what payments regional development agencies have made to Ms Polly Toynbee in the last five years; and for what purposes.

Rosie Winterton: holding answer 14 September 2009
	Ms Toynbee chaired the EEDA annual meeting in September 2006. The meeting is an open annual public meeting to report on the activities of the agency. The focus of the event was growth through successful partnerships. A payment of £2,500 was made to an agency.
	She was a speaker at the 2007 Prowess Conference at Brighton Racecourse 7-8 February 2007, which was part sponsored by SEEDA. No direct payment was made to her by SEEDA.

Regeneration: Finance

Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much each regional development agency spent on land reclamation projects in each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement.

Rosie Winterton: The following table shows RDAs expenditure on land reclamation projects in each year since 2000. Figures are not yet available for 2008-09.
	The figures provided include funds allocated to the 'Land Reclamation Programmes' inherited by RDAs from English Partnerships and, following their conclusion, any new environmental improvement programmes which have succeeded them.
	
		
			  £ million 
			  RDA  2000-01  2001-02  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			 AWM 40 50 44 102 80 56 59 46 
			 EEDA 1  13 21 24 37 25 11 
			 EMDA 5 13 13 3 7 2 4 5 
			 LDA 103 149 140 108 129 122 131 144 
			 NWDA 20 23 20 18 15 6 17 39 
			 ONE 22 20 14 3 2 5 2 0.6 
			 SEEDA 6 1 21 11 40 17 11 5 
			 SWRDA (1)— (1)— 32 21 17 27 22 32 
			 YF 12 5 6 4 1 0.5 0.7 0.2 
			 (1) Due to a change in management recording system during 2002-03, producing figures before 2002-03 would incur disproportionate cost.

Support for Business: Finance

Jonathan Djanogly: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what the proposed budget is for each programme within the Support for Business portfolio in each year up to 2011.

Rosie Winterton: Solutions for Business is the Government's portfolio of support to business. 2009/10 is the transitional year during which all Government funded business support schemes must migrate to the Solutions for Business portfolio or be under notice of closure by 31 March 2010.
	The amount of money spent on Solutions for Business products varies according to local and regional need for particular forms of business support and the wider economic context. The total spend on business support within the Solutions for Business portfolio in 2008/09 is estimated to be £2.3 billion.

Train to Gain Programme

Nick Hurd: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much has been spent on the Train to Gain advertising campaign in 2009-10.

Kevin Brennan: Figures for Train to Gain advertising spend are shown in the following table. These comprise national and regional spend, and include VAT. Figures for the current financial year are not yet available.
	
		
			   Media spend £ million 
			 2006-07 2.24 
			 2007-08 5.02 
			 2008-09 5.01

Central Office of Information: Expenditure

Don Foster: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much the Central Office of Information spent on  (a) office parties and  (b) staff bonuses in the last 12 months.

Angela Smith: I have asked the chief executive of the Central Office of Information to reply to the hon. Member.
	 Letter from Mark Lund, dated 14 September 2009:
	As Chief Executive of the Central Office of Information (COI), I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question on how much the COI has spent on (a) office parties and (b) staff bonuses in the last 12 months (291385).
	(a) The Central Office of Information (COI) does not hold office parties funded by the organisation, other than those listed below.
	An event in the summer is held to coincide with the publication of the Annual Report and Accounts to review the year's activity and to acknowledge any outstanding contributions from staff during the year.
	An all staff event is also held at Christmas. This event is seen as an efficient way for the organisation to acknowledge the festive season.
	The cost of these events is in line with guidance issued by the HMRC. This guidance states that no more than £150 per person, per year should be spent on such events. In the last 12 months COI spent £42.82 per person.
	(b) The COI do not pay a corporate bonus to its employees.
	COI paid eligible staff a non-consolidated performance pay award for the 2008/9. This amounted to 5.36% of the regular monthly salary.
	This recognised that COI achieved its Ministerial targets for 2008/9 and COI also secured record savings for our government and public sector clients.
	Its payment, together with the achievement against the targets, is audited by the National Audit Office.

Energy Performance Certificates

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to page 41 of his Department's proposed recast of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, how many individual energy performance certificates have been checked and verified for accuracy to date; and how many and what proportion of such checks identified an inaccuracy in the certificate.

John Healey: Accreditation schemes are responsible for conducting quality audits of the energy performance certificates (EPCs) produced by the energy assessors (EAs) they accredit in accordance with CLG requirements—we recommend that a minimum sample of 2 per cent. of all EPCs should be assessed. Accreditation schemes are required to report on the outcome of their quality audit procedures in the annual reports they submit to CLG and which can be viewed online at the following address:
	https://www.ndepcregister.com/schemeAnnualReports.html

Non-Domestic Rates: Ports

Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will publish instructions given by Ministers to the Valuation Office Agency since 1999 on the separate business rating of port businesses; and in cases where separate rating was introduced, on what date  (a) that separate rating took effect and  (b) the existing system of paying business rates for those businesses was stopped.

Rosie Winterton: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 20 July 2009,  Official Report, column 824W. Ministers at Communities and Local Government or its predecessor departments have not given any instructions to the Valuation Office Agency on the separate rating of properties within or outside of Ports.
	The principles concerning separate rateability of properties where there is "exclusive occupation" and "paramount control" are long established and have not been recently introduced by the Government. The leading case on the subject is a House of Lords decision from 1936—Westminster Council  v. Southern Railway Company and W.H. Smith and Son.

Horse Racing: Betting

Tobias Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment has been made of the effects on the Horserace Betting Levy Board 49th Levy scheme of the location by betting operators of parts of their operations overseas.

Ben Bradshaw: No formal assessment has been made by my Department. The Levy Board's own assessment of the impact is in the region of a potential loss of £4.2 million to the 49th Levy scheme.
	We support the Levy Board's aim of securing contributions from gambling operators to ensure the continued health of racing. The Department's Review of remote gaming, which is examining this issue along with many others, will report to Ministers by the end of the year who will report the findings to Parliament.

Armed Forces: Uniforms

Adam Holloway: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what procedures were used to establish the requirement for the future army dress; what the estimated cost of its introduction and procurement is; whether he has received any representations about the quality of tailoring of the dress; and if he will make a statement.

Bill Rammell: In 2003, the Army Board directed that the Army's orders of dress were to be reviewed with a view to updating the current suite of uniforms which had been designed in the 1960s. In 2005, the Army Board accepted the recommendations of the review and directed that the uniforms were to be produced.
	Future Army Dress is funded from within the existing clothing budget and will cost approximately £9.7 million.
	The uniform is produced in the UK, using modern manufacturing processes, and we have received no defect reports to date.

Nuclear Submarines

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 2 April 2009,  Official Report, column 1400W, to the hon. Member for Moray, on nuclear submarines, on what nuclear submarines the 21 medium scale fires were reported; what the location was of each such submarine at the time of the fire; and when each fire occurred.

Bill Rammell: Royal Navy submarines are operated to the highest possible safety standards. Personnel are rigorously trained to deal efficiently and effectively with all safety incidents.
	Three fires requiring both ship and external resources are recorded as occurring on Royal Navy submarines since 1 January 1987. Details of these are provided in the following table:
	
		
			  Vessel  Location where fire took place  Date of fire 
			 HMS Renown Clyde 17 February 1992 
			 HMS Turbulent Devonport 30 April 1992 
			 HMS Trafalgar Devonport 24 October 2003 
		
	
	In the same time period, there were 20 medium scale fires and details of these are provided in the following table.
	
		
			  Vessel  Location where fire took place, if known  Date of fire 
			 HMS Courageous Alongside 10 December 1984 
			 HMS Sceptre Not recorded 29 July 1987 
			 HMS Conqueror Alongside 26 August 1987 
			 HMS Renown Not recorded 15 November 1987 
			 HMS Renown Clyde 10 October 1988 
			 HMS Valiant Clyde 5 August 1989 
			 HMS Valiant Alongside 22 December 1989 
			 HMS Trenchant At sea 21 November 1991 
			 HMS Superb At sea 3 November 1992 
			 HMS Tireless At sea 11 January 1993 
			 HMS Revenge At sea 29 July 1993 
			 HMS Tireless Alongside 22 October 1993 
			 HMS Sovereign Rosyth 7 April 1994 
			 HMS Sovereign Rosyth 22 August 1995 
			 HMS Victorious Alongside 16 October 1995 
			 HMS Talent Devonport 18 January 1999 
			 HMS Sovereign Clyde 17 June 2001 
			 HMS Victorious At sea 22 April 2002 
			 HMS Vigilant Clyde 11 October 2006 
			 HMS Tireless At sea 21 March 2007 
		
	
	For those incidents where the vessel was either 'alongside' or 'at sea', the exact location of the vessel is not recorded centrally.
	On behalf of the Secretary of State for Defence, I have written to the hon. Member for Moray (Angus Robertson) to correct the previous statement made on this subject—2 April 2009,  Official Report, column 1400W.

Energy: Housing

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what representations the Energy Saving Trust made for  (a) an increase in council tax in respect of and  (b) a prohibition upon the sale or rent of homes with an F to G energy efficiency rating.

Joan Ruddock: The Energy Saving Trust have made no representations for an increase in council tax in respect of, or a prohibition upon, the sale or rent of homes with an F to G energy efficiency rating.
	From autumn, the Energy Saving Trust will be able to contact people moving into homes rated F and G on the Energy Performance Certificate to give free, impartial energy efficiency advice. EST's research shows home owners can move EPC grade by doing non-major energy saving improvements starting for less than £1,000. There are schemes such as council tax discounts already available to encourage householders to undertake energy efficiency improvements to their homes, a number of which are motivated by energy suppliers in support of their Government obligated carbon emissions reduction target.

Departmental Public Expenditure

Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the  (a) Committee of Investigation for Great Britain,  (b) Expert Group on Cryptosporidium in Water Supplies,  (c) Family Food Committee,  (d) Financial Management and Policy Review of the Commons Commissioners,  (e) Hill Farming Advisory Committee,  (f) National Expert Group on Transboundary Air Pollution,  (g) National Rural Development Forum,  (h) National Statistics Quality Review on Sustainable Farming and Food Regulation Task Force,  (i) Review of Fishing Vessel Licensing,  (j) Review of Funding Mechanisms for Food and Coastal Defence,  (k) Review of Marine Nature Conservation Working Group Science Advisory Group,  (l) Sustainable Consumption and Production Business Taskforce,  (m) Sustainable Development Taskforce,  (n) Sustainable Farming and Food Implementation Group and  (o) Sustainable Farming and Food Research Priorities Group in each of the last five years.

Huw Irranca-Davies: holding answer 14 September 2009
	The following table sets out the costs of a number of the bodies listed. Officials are currently preparing figures covering the remaining bodies and I will write to the hon. Member with this information when it is available.
	
		
			   £000 
			   Actual 
			  Body  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09 
			  (a) Committee of Investigation for Great Britain(1) 0 0 0 0 0 
			  (d) Financial Management and Policy Review of the Commons Commissioners(2) 0 0 0 0 0 
			  (e) Hill Farming Advisory Committee(3) 0 0 0 0 0 
			  (f) National Expert Group on Transboundary Air Pollution+ 0 0 0 0 0 
			  (h) National Statistics Quality Review on Sustainable Farming and Food Regulation Task Force(5) 0 0 0 0 0 
			  (i) Review of Fishing Vessel Licensing(6) 0 0 0 0 0 
			  (j) Review of Funding Mechanisms for Flood and Coastal Defence(7) 0 0 0 0 0 
			  (k) Review of Marine Nature Conservation Working Group Science Advisory Group(8) 0 0 0 0 0 
			  (l) Sustainable Consumption and Production Business Taskforce(9) 0 0 275 339 0 
			 (1 )The committee was dormant before the start of the period covered by this table and was disbanded in 2006. (2 )All costs were incurred prior to the period covered by this table. (3 )The committee was dormant before the start of the period covered by this table and was disbanded in 2006. (4 )The Group published its final report in 2001 and disbanded. (5 )All costs were incurred prior to the period covered by this table. (6 )The Fishing Vessel Licence Review Working Group (LRWG) published one report in the period covered by the table, in 2006. Costs to the Department were minimal. (7 )All costs were incurred prior to the period covered by this table. (8 )The final report of this Group was published in July 2004. Costs were minimal. (9 )The Taskforce was established in February 2006. It completed its work and was disbanded in March 2008.

Non-Departmental Public Bodies

Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department in  (a) 2009,  (b) 2010 and  (c) 2011 of each non-departmental body it sponsors.

Huw Irranca-Davies: holding answer 14 September 2009
	The following table sets out the budgets—comprising administration, programme and capital spend—of the Executive and Tribunal Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs), Public Corporations and other bodies sponsored by the Department in the years  (a) 2008-09,  (b) 2009-10 and  (c) 2010-11.
	Officials are currently preparing a set of figures covering the remaining NDPBs sponsored by the Department, including Advisory NDPBs. I will write to the hon. Member with this information when it is available.
	
		
			  £ million 
			  Body  2008-09 Actual  2009-10 Budget  2010-11 Budget 
			  Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies
			 Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales 0.16 0.20 0.20 
			 Agricultural Wages Committee 0.01 0.01 0.01 
			 Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board(1) 0.00 0.00 0.00 
			 Commission for Rural Communities 6.30 6.40 6.08 
			 Consumer Council for Water(2) 0.00 0.00 0.00 
			 Environment Agency(3) 715.70 762.60 799.90 
			 Food From Britain(4) 10.70 0.00 0.00 
			 Gangmasters Licensing Authority 3.12 4.29 4.02 
			 Joint Nature Conservation Committee(5) 1.90 1.90 1.87 
			 National Forest Company 3.60 3.60 3.51 
			 Natural England(6) 223.74 213.46 168.23 
			 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 26.60 28.50 25.50 
			 Sea Fish Industry Authority 0.30 0.28 0.27 
			 Sustainable Development Commission 2.88 3.06 2.00 
			 
			  Tribunal Non-Departmental Public Bodies
			 Agricultural Land Tribunal (England) 0.04 0.28 0.28 
			 Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal(7) 0.00 0.00 0.00 
			 
			  Public Corporations
			 British Waterways(8) 62.65 58.34 48.55 
			 Covent Garden Market Authority(9) 0.00 0.00 0.00 
			 
			  Other Bodies
			 British Wool Marketing Board(10) 0.00 0.00 0.00 
			 National Park Authorities and the Broads Authority 46.72 47.58 48.89 
			 (1 )The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board is industry-funded. (2 )The Consumer Council for Water (CCW) is funded by water consumers through a charge to water and sewerage companies in England and Wales by Ofwat. The amount is then passed to DEFRA and the Welsh Assembly Government (joint sponsor) to fund CCW's operations. (3 )Excludes Closed Pension Fund. £20 million of capital grant was brought forward from 2010-11 to 2009-10 for flood risk management work as part of the Government's fiscal stimulus initiative. (4 )The body was closed on 31 March 2009. (5 )Represents costs only of DEFRA-funded JNCC work on reserved matters such as marine work beyond territorial waters, overseas territories and international conventions. Further funding is received from the Devolved Administrations. (6 )Represents DEFRA core funding including (other than for 2010-11 where these are not yet due to be addressed) annually agreed elements for cost neutral recharges for common services such as IT and HR support. (7 )The Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal is not currently active. (8 )£5 million of capital grant was brought forward from 2010-11 to 2009-10 for infrastructure projects under the Government's fiscal stimulus initiative. (9 )The Covent Garden Market Authority is industry-funded. (10 )The British Wool Marketing Board is self-funded through the sale of graded wool.

Water Charges

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the proposed charge allowed by Ofwat for water companies in the 2009 Price Review is for  (a) staff costs and  (b) other costs.

Huw Irranca-Davies: The table sets out what Ofwat has assumed in its draft determinations for water companies' employment costs and other operating expenditure for all water companies in England and Wales for the period 2010 to 2015.
	
		
			   Costs (£ million) 
			 Employment costs 2,194.9 
			 Other operating expenditure 16,268.3 
			 Total 18,463.2

Naheem Hussain: Rehan Zaman

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the reasons were for the time taken for his Department to respond to reports of Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman being tortured in Pakistan; and if he will make a statement.

David Miliband: When consular staff from our High Commission in Islamabad first visited them in prison on 29 July 2004, Mr Naheem Hussain and Mr Rehan Zaman raised allegations that they had been mistreated while in initial police custody. This was reported back to London. We failed to seek an explicit view at the time from them as to whether they wanted us to raise their concerns with the local authorities.
	Staff in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London subsequently advised the High Commission in Islamabad to seek such a view on their next visit to Mr Hussain and Mr Zaman. However, once it was realised that this would not be until October 2004—prison visits to British nationals in Pakistan are usually done on a three monthly cycle—a decision was taken to seek their view via their lawyer which we did in early September 2004. As the right hon. Member will be aware, their lawyer subsequently confirmed that they did not want the matter raised with the local authorities.
	It should not have taken five weeks from our first visit to Mr Hussain and Mr Zaman to obtain their view. Our consular guidance has developed since 2004 and we have taken steps to ensure such a delay would not happen now. This has included giving clear guidance to our consular staff both overseas and in London that where we have reason to believe a British national has been mistreated in detention overseas, this should be raised urgently with the relevant authorities. Our immediate objective in these cases is to have the allegations investigated and, if there is a possibility that mistreatment is continuing, to ensure that it is stopped. By reacting promptly in this way we also hope to deter abuse in future cases.

Health Services: Travelling People

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding is being provided to friends, families and Travellers for its work on access to healthcare for Travellers.

Mike O'Brien: £55,355 funding was provided to Friends, Families and Travellers to support access to healthcare for Travellers. The grant has been made through the Third Sector Investment programme and supports our wider aim of reducing health inequalities and paying particular attention to groups or sections of society where improvements in health and life expectancy are not keeping pace with the rest of the population.

NHS: Finance

Peter Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department made of expenditure from the public purse on the NHS in England in respect of each of the last 10 years expressed  (a) in cash terms,  (b) as a percentage of gross domestic production and  (c) as a percentage of all public expenditure.

Mike O'Brien: Table 1 shows total net national health service expenditure in England in cash terms in each year since 1998.
	Table 2 shows United Kingdom health expenditure as a proportion of (i) gross domestic product (GDP) and (ii) total managed expenditure.
	
		
			  Table 1: NHS total expenditure: England—1998-99 to 2010-11 
			Net NHS expenditure nominal( 1)  (£ billion) 
			  Cash( 2)   
			 1998-99 Outturn 36.6 
			 1999-2000 Outturn 39.9 
			
			  Resource Budgeting Stage 1( 3)   
			 1999-2000 Outturn 40.2 
			 2000-01 Outturn 43.9 
			 2001-02 Outturn 49.0 
			 2002-03 Outturn 54.0 
			
			  Resource Budgeting Stage 2( 4,5)   
			 2003-04 Outturn 64.2 
			 2004-05 Outturn 69.1 
			 2005-06 Outturn 75.8 
			 2006-07 Outturn 80.6 
			 2007-08 Outturn 89.3 
			 2008-09 Estimated outturn 94.5 
			 2009-10 Plan 102.7 
			 2010-11 Plan 105.8 
			 (1).Figures are not consistent over the period (1998-99 to 2010-11), therefore it is difficult to make comparisons across different periods. (2).Expenditure pre 1999-2000 is on a cash basis. (3).Expenditure figures from 1999-2000 to 2002-03 are on a Stage 1 Resource Budgeting basis. (4).Expenditure figures from 2003-04 to 2010-11 are on a Stage 2 Resource Budgeting basis. (5) Figures from 2003-04 include a technical adjustment for trust depreciation.  Notes: 1. Expenditure excludes NHS (AME). 2. GDP deflator 30 June 2009. 3. Total Expenditure is calculated as the sum of revenue and capital expenditure net of non-Trust Depreciation and impairments. This is in line with HMT Guidance. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: UK health expenditure as a proportion of (i) gross domestic product, and (ii) total managed expenditure 
			UK public spending on health as a percentage of GDP  UK public spending on health as a percentage of total managed expenditure 
			 1998-99 Outturn 5.3 14.2 
			 1999-2000 Outturn 5.2 14.4 
			 2000-01 Outturn 5.5 14.9 
			 2001-02 Outturn 5.8 15.4 
			 2002-03 Outturn 6.1 15.7 
			 2003-04 Outturn 6.5 16.5 
			 2004-05 Outturn 6.8 16.8 
			 2005-06 Outturn 7.1 17.1 
			 2006-07 Outturn 7.0 17.2 
			 2007-08 Outturn 7.2 17.5 
			 2008-09 Estimated outturn 7.7 17.8 
			  Sources: Calculated percentages use information on: 1. Health Public Spending—Table 4.2/Table 4.4 HM Treasury PESA 2009 2. ONS data for money GDP (not seasonally adjusted, BKTL) 3. Total Managed Expenditure: Budget 2009 Table C17 
		
	
	GDP and Public Expenditure are reported on a UK basis by HM Treasury. In order to avoid a misleading calculation, UK based figures for health expenditure have been used in the calculation and not England figures as shown in Table 1. This method is use in response to similar questions posed as part of the Health Select Committee's Public Expenditure Inquiry.

Alcoholic Drinks: Crime

Richard Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cautions were issued for public drinking offences in Suffolk in each of the last five years.

Alan Campbell: Information showing the number of offenders cautioned for public drinking offences in the Suffolk police force area from 2003-07 (latest available) can be viewed in the following table. Data for 2008 are planned for publication in the autumn of 2009.
	The cautions statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been cautioned for two or more offences at the same time, the principal offence is the more serious offence.
	The Penalty Notice for Disorder (PND) Scheme was implemented in all 43 police forces in England and Wales in 2004 under the provisions of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001. Offences relating to public drinking were included in the scheme.
	
		
			  Number of offenders cautioned( 1)  for public drinking offences( 2) , in Suffolk police force area, 2003-07( 3, 4) 
			   Number 
			 2003 240 
			 2004 188 
			 2005 81 
			 2006 70 
			 2007 48 
			 (1) From 1 June 2000, the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and warnings. These figures have been included in the totals. (2) Includes the following offences: 14001: (a) Being found drunk in a highway or other public place whether a building or not, or a licensed premises. (Licensing Act 1872 Sec 12.) 14011: (b) Contravene a community support officers' requirement not to consume liquor. Penalty offence under S.1 Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001—alcohol consumption in designated public places. (Police Reform Act 2002 Sch.4 Para.5 (Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 S.12). Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 S12.) 14101: (c) Any person who in any public place is guilty, while drunk, of disorderly behaviour. (Criminal Justice Act 1967 Sec.91.) (3) The cautions statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been cautioned for two or more offences at the same time, the principal offence is the more serious offence. (4) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.  Source: Evidence and Analysis Unit: Office for Criminal Justice Reform.

Departmental Billing

John Mason: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in June 2009.

Phil Woolas: The Home Department has invested significantly in its people, with the creation of a professional Shared Service Centre and Procurement Centre of Excellence complemented by the creation of new processes and upgraded Procure to Pay systems.
	The Department has been putting a firm focus on paying its suppliers on time when it is in receipt of a compliant invoice. It has been working closely with colleagues in the Department for Business Innovation and Skills reporting on both our legislative obligations of 30 days as well as the 10 day PM's commitment for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) for correctly presented compliant invoices.
	The Home Office Headquarters and UKBA's performance of paying SME compliant invoices within 10 days for June 2009 following the PM's announcement is shown in the following table:
	
		
			  Home Office HQ and UKBA 
			  Month: June 2009 
			   Number  Percentage 
			 Total number of all invoices paid 4,112 — 
			 Percentage of total number of all invoices paid within 10 days — 22 
			 Number of SMEs' compliant invoices, paid within 10 days 880 — 
			 SMEs, percentage of compliant invoices paid within 10 days — 99 
		
	
	Both the Criminal Records Bureau and Identity and Passport Service are working to identify SMEs and change their systems to pay compliant invoices within 10 days of receipt.

Offensive Weapons: Schools

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the engagement of police officers in education programmes in schools in reducing the number of offences related to the possession of a knife.

David Hanson: holding answer 20 July 2009
	We are working with local partners in expanding the coverage of Safer School Partnerships (SSPs) to become the norm rather than the exception.
	Through the Tackling Knives Action Programme we have invested more than £3 million on initiatives to keep children safe in and around schools, including Safer Schools Partnerships (SSP). There are now more than 5,000 Safer Schools Partnerships in operation.
	In 2005, York university carried out an evaluation of Safer Schools Partnerships. The partnership is a formal agreement between schools and police to work together in order to keep people safe, reduce crime and the fear of crime and improve behaviour in schools and their communities. Key findings from the evaluation showed that SSP schools:
	Have sought ways of identifying and working with children and young people at risk of becoming victims or offenders.
	Have reduced truancy rates and helped total absence rates in relation to comparison schools.
	Have an environment in which pupils feel significantly safer than their counterparts in comparison schools.
	On 11 May 2009 the Home Secretary and Ed Balls, Secretary of State for the Department for Children Schools and Families, launched the new SSP Guidance and DVD to provide advice on what constitutes a Safer School Partnership, the benefits, how to set up and how to maintain an SSP.

Police

Neil Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what targets his Department has set for police forces for 2009-10.

David Hanson: holding answer 9 September 2009
	As part of the Policing Green Paper, "From the Neighbourhood to the National: Policing our Communities Together", the Home Office stated that it would neither set nor maintain top-down numerical targets for individual police forces with the exception of one—to increase public confidence that the police and local councils are dealing with antisocial behaviour and crime issues that matter locally. Each police force will be expected to increase public confidence levels (to be measured by questions in the British Crime Survey) to achieve a 60 per cent. national average by 2012.

Police: Essex

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what payments to  (a) the current and  (b) each previous Chief Constable of Essex Police (i) have been made during each of the last three years and (ii) are planned for each of the next two years.

David Hanson: holding answer 9 September 2009
	I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 24 February 2009,  Official Report, column 687W which referred to Home Office circulars on chief constable pay. The salary for the chief constable of Essex is currently £144,510
	It is for police authorities to determine other payments to chief officers in accordance with legislative requirements.

Overseas Aid: Education

Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much and what percentage of its budget his Department spent on overseas education projects in each year since 1997.

Michael Foster: Details of the Department for International Development's (DFID) expenditure in the education sector is published annually in "Statistics on International Development", which is available online at:
	www.dfid.gov.uk
	The relevant figures are reproduced as follows:
	
		
			  DFID bilateral expenditure and imputed multilateral expenditure on the education sector and as a proportion of totals, 1997-98 to 2008- 09  (£000) 
			   DFID bilateral expenditure  Percentage of total DFID bilateral expenditure  DFID imputed multilateral share  Percentage of total imputed multilateral share 
			 1997-98 139,550 13 51,151 9 
			 1998-99 144,592 12 69,152 7 
			 1999-2000 121,975 9 31,406 4 
			 2000-01 162,678 10 64,831 6 
			 2001-02 128,485 10 39,346 4 
			 2002-03 179,963 10 55,594 5 
			 2003-04 222,281 11 72,078 6 
			 2004-05 286,269 13 67,329 5 
			 2005-06 314,491 12 65,724 5 
			 2006-07 372,775 13 104,194 6 
			 2007-08 350,603 12 117,441 6 
			 2008-09 450,973 14 — — 
		
	
	Details are not yet available for DFID imputed multilateral share 2008-09.

Electronic Communications

Jennifer Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were  (a) prosecuted for and  (b) convicted of each offence relating to the illegal use of electronic communications media in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Claire Ward: Information showing the number of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for offences under the 1990 Computer Misuse Act in England and Wales from 2003 to 2007 (latest available) is shown in the following table. Data for 2008 will be available towards the end of 2009.
	
		
			  Number of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990, England and Wales, 2003-07( 1, 2) 
			2003  2004  2005  2006  2007 
			  Offence  Statute  Proceeded against  Found guilty  Proceeded against  Found guilty  Proceeded against  Found guilty  Proceeded against  Found guilty  Proceeded against  Found guilty 
			 Unauthorised access to computer material. Section 1 7 1 5 3 5 4 7 4 8 3 
			 Unauthorised access with intent to commit or facilitate commission of further offences. Section 2 9 3 6 2 11 7 5 4 2 — 
			 Unauthorised acts with intent to impair, or with recklessness as to impairing, operation of computer etc Section 3 and 3A 3 1 10 7 8 5 13 10 9 7 
			 Total  19 5 21 12 24 16 25 18 19 10 
			 (1) The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.  Source: Evidence and Analysis unit—Office for Criminal Justice Reform

Fines: Surcharges

Jonathan Djanogly: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which organisations in each county have received grants made from the Victims Fund containing the surcharge on fines pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Surcharge) (No. 2) Order 2007.

Claire Ward: The following organisations have received funding from the Victims Fund for third sector organisations supporting victims of sexual violence and childhood sexual abuse; homicide and hate crime.
	
		
			  2007-08  Sexual Abuse/violence  Homicide  Hate Crime 
			 National CIS'ters — — 
			  Voice UK — — 
			  Survivors UK — — 
			 London Respond Victims of Crime Trust Greenwich Action Committee Against Racial Attacks 
			  One-in-Four Victim Support London Stonewall 
			  Lilith Project Eaves Housing  Hounslow Community Safety Partnership 
			  Step Forward — — 
			  Galop — — 
			 East Midlands Derbyshire Rape Crisis  Northamptonshire Hate Crime Forum 
			  Nottingham Rape Crisis — — 
			  Sexual abuse and Incest Line (SAIL) — — 
			  Northamptonshire Rape and Incest Crisis — — 
			  Crisis Point — — 
			  Walsall Street Teams (The Jigsaw Project) — — 
			 West Midlands Sexual and Domestic Abuse and Rape Advise Centre (SARAC) — — 
			  Worcestershire Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre — — 
			  Coventry Rape Crisis — — 
			  The Rape and Sexual Abuse Violence Project (Birmingham) — — 
			 North East, Humberside and Yorkshire Women's Support Network National Victim's Association Kirklees Safer Communities Partnership 
			  Redcar and Cleveland Women's Aid Victim Support and Witness Service Inclusion North 
			  Bradford Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Survivors Service SAMM South Yorkshire Bradford Hate Crime Allowance 
			  Doncaster Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling Centre West Yorkshire Police — 
			  Grimsby and Scunthorpe Rape Crisis — — 
			  Sheffield Women's Counselling and Therapy Service — — 
			 North West Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre Cheshire and Merseyside (Previously Warrington Rape Crisis) Greater Manchester Police Liverpool Culture Company 
			  Manchester Rape Crisis SAMM Merseyside Rochdale Borough Council 
			  — — Victim Support Greater Manchester 
			 South East and East RASAC- Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling Service (Winchester) Barnardos North Herts People First 
			  SurvivorsNetwork Victim Support Bedfordshire Bedfordshire Hate Crime Partnership 
			  Southampton Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Centre The Child Bereavement Trust Partnership Community Safety Team 
			  No Limits — Victim Support Kent 
			  South Essex Rape and Crisis Centre (SERICC) — Gender Identity Research and Education Society 
			  HEAL (Helping Everyone Abused Live) — BMEYPP 
			  Colchester Rape Crisis Line — — 
			 South West WomanKind (Bristol Women's Therapy Centre) Winston's Wish The Intercom Trust 
			  Survivors Swindon — — 
			  Plymouth Rape and Sexual Abuse Line — — 
			  Twelve's Company — — 
			  Womens Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre Cornwall (WRASAC) — — 
			 Wales New Pathways — — 
			  Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (North Wales) — — 
			 2008-09 Sexual Abuse/violence Homicide Hate Crime 
			 National CIS'ters Child Bereavement Charity Voice UK 
			  Voice UK — — 
			  Survivors UK — — 
			 London Respond Victims of Crime Trust Greenwich Action Committee Against Racial Attacks 
			  One-in-Four — — 
			  Lilith Project Eaves Housing — — 
			  Step Forward — — 
			  Galop — — 
			 East Midlands Derbyshire Rape Crisis — — 
			  Nottingham Rape Crisis — — 
			  Sexual abuse and Incest Line (SAIL) — — 
			  Northamptonshire Rape and Incest Crisis — — 
			  Crisis Point — — 
			  Walsall Street Teams (The Jigsaw Project) — — 
			 West Midlands Sexual and Domestic Abuse and Rape Advise Centre (SARAC) . — — 
			  Worcestershire Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre — — 
			  Coventry Rape Crisis — — 
			  The Rape and Sexual Abuse   
			  Violence Project (Birmingham)   
			 North East, Humberside and Yorkshire Women's Support Network National Victim's Association Kirklees Metropolitan Council 
			  Redcar and Cleveland Women's Aid — West Yorkshire Police 
			  Bradford Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Survivors Service — Victim Support Teesside 
			  Doncaster Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling Centre — — 
			  Grimsby and Scunthorpe Rape Crisis — — 
			  Sheffield Women's Counselling and Therapy Service — — 
			 North West Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre Cheshire and Merseyside (Previously Warrington Rape Crisis) SAMM Merseyside Greater Manchester Police - Bury Division 
			  Manchester Rape Crisis   
			 South East and East RASAC- Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling Service (Winchester) Victim Support Bedfordshire North Herts People First 
			  SurvivorsNetwork — Gender Identity Research and Education Society 
			  Southampton Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Centre — — 
			  No Limits — — 
			  South Essex Rape and Crisis Centre (SERICC) — — 
			  HEAL (Helping Everyone Abused Live) — — 
			  Colchester Rape Crisis Line — — 
			 South West WomanKind (Bristol Women's Therapy Centre) — — 
			  Survivors Swindon — — 
			  Plymouth Rape and Sexual Abuse Line — — 
			  Twelve's Company — — 
			  Womens Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre Cornwall (WRASAC) — — 
			 Wales New Pathways — — 
			  Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (North Wales) — — 
			 2009-10 Sexual Abuse/violence Homicide Hate Crime 
			 National CIS'ters — — 
			  Voice UK — — 
			  Survivors UK — — 
			 London Respond Damilola Taylor Trust Community Security Trust 
			  One-in-Four  Stonewall 
			  Lilith Project Eaves Housing  Age Concern Camden 
			  Step Forward — — 
			  Galop — — 
			 East Midlands Derbyshire Rape Crisis — Voice UK (Derby) 
			  Nottingham Rape Crisis — — 
			  Sexual abuse and Incest Line (SAIL) — — 
			  Northamptonshire Rape and Incest Crisis — — 
			  Crisis Point — — 
			  Walsall Street Teams (The Jigsaw Project) — — 
			 West Midlands Sexual and Domestic Abuse and Rape Advise Centre (SARAC) — — 
			  Worcestershire Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre — — 
			  Coventry Rape Crisis — — 
			  The Rape and Sexual Abuse Violence Project (Birmingham) — — 
			 North East, Humberside and Yorkshire Women's Support Network National Victim's Association Stop Hate UK (Leeds) 
			  Redcar and Cleveland Women's Aid — Royal Mencap Society (Kirklees Involvement Network) 
			  Bradford Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Survivors Service — — 
			  Doncaster Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling Centre — — 
			  Grimsby and Scunthorpe s Rape Crisis — — 
			  Sheffield Women's Counselling and — — 
			  Therapy Service — — 
			 North West Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre Cheshire and Merseyside (Previously Warrington Rape Crisis) SAMM Merseyside — 
			  Manchester Rape Crisis — — 
			 South East and East RASAC- Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling Service (Winchester) Mothers Against Murder and Aggression Gender Identity Research and Education Society (Surrey) 
			  SurvivorsNetwork — North Herts People First 
			  Southampton Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Centre — Redbridge Equalities and Community Council (Essex) 
			  No Limits — — 
			  South Essex Rape and Crisis Centre (SERICC) — — 
			  HEAL (Helping Everyone Abused Live) — — 
			  Colchester Rape Crisis Line — — 
			 South West WomanKind (Bristol Women's Therapy Centre) Winston's Wish — 
			  Survivors Swindon Advocacy after Fatal Domestic Abuse — 
			  Plymouth Rape and Sexual Abuse Line — — 
			  Twelve's Company — — 
			  Womens Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre — — 
			  Cornwall (WRASAC) — — 
			 Wales New Pathways — Torfaen People First (South Wales) 
			  Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (North Wales) — —

Fines: Surcharges

Jonathan Djanogly: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much has been raised by the surcharge on fines, pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Surcharge) (No. 2) Order 2007 in  (a) 2007,  (b) 2008 and  (c) 2009.

Claire Ward: The following table shows the total annual receipts from the Victim Surcharge from 1 April 2007. Receipts for 2009 are not yet available.
	
		
			   £ million 
			  Date  Receipts 
			 2007-08 3.8 
			 2008-09 8

Magistrates: Diversity

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department has spent to increase diversity among magistrates in each of the last three years.

Jack Straw: 101 local advisory committees recruit and select magistrates in England and Wales. Recruitment funding is provided on the basis of local need and the committees are encouraged to target recruitment at under-represented groups in their areas. The Ministry of Justice also funds the Magistrates' Shadowing Scheme, run by Operation Black Vote, which aims to promote ethnic diversity among Magistrates. The following amounts have been spent on recruitment funding and the Shadowing Scheme in each of the last three financial years:
	2006-07 Recruitment: £89,945 Shadowing Scheme £90,000
	2007-08 Recruitment: £214,738 Shadowing Scheme £70,000
	2008-09 Recruitment: £187,677 Shadowing Scheme £70,000

Prisoners: Pay

Edward Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  what the average weekly rate of unemployment pay paid in each prison in England and Wales was in 2008;
	(2)  what the standard rate of weekly prisoner pay for each job or other purposeful activity was in each prison in England and Wales in 2008.

Maria Eagle: The information requested is not centrally available and could be collated only by manual checking with individual establishments, which would incur disproportionate cost. However, Prison Service Order 4460 (Prisoners' Pay), a copy of which has been placed in the House Library, sets out minimum rates of prisoner pay which includes allowance levels for unemployment and for work (enabling prisoners to obtain life skills), education and other duties or activities. The PSO sets a minimum unemployed rate of £2.50 per week and an employed rate of pay of £4.00 per week. However Governors have devolved authority to set rates of pay for their particular establishment and these will reflect the particular regime priorities of their establishment.

Prisoners: Wales

Cheryl Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many  (a) women and  (b) men with a home address in Wales were serving custodial sentences in each prison outside Wales at the latest date for which figures are available; and what lengths of sentence such prisoners were serving.

Maria Eagle: The following tables show the total number of sentenced females (table A) and sentenced males (table B) with a home address in Wales who are held in a prison in England as of May 2009. The tables include the sentences these prisoners are serving and in which prisons in England they are held.
	The figures in both tables include sentenced juveniles and young offenders.
	Home area is taken as a prisoner's home address. If no home address is recorded the court of first committal is used as a proxy address for recording purposes.
	
		
			  Table A 
			  Prison  Less than 6 months  6 months to less than 12 months  12 months to less than 4 years  4 years or over  Total 
			 Askham Grange — — 1 2 3 
			 Bronzefield — — 1 1 2 
			 Downview — 2 6 1 9 
			 Drake Hall 1 3 10 3 17 
			 East Sutton Park 1 — — 3 4 
			 Eastwood Park 19 9 27 6 61 
			 Foston Hall — 1 4 6 11 
			 Holloway — — — 1 1 
			 Low Newton — — 1 2 3 
			 Morton Hall — — — 1 1 
			 New Hall — 1 1 2 4 
			 Peterborough — — 1 1 2 
			 Send 1 2 8 11 22 
			 Styal 1 2 7 6 16 
			 Total 23 20 67 46 156 
		
	
	
		
			  Table B 
			  Prison  Less than 6 months  6 months to less than 12 months  12 months to less than 4 years  4 years or over  Total 
			 Acklington — — 1 4 5 
			 Albany  — — 19 19 
			 Altcourse 43 29 150 89 311 
			 Ashfield 3 8 17 2 30 
			 Ashwell — — — 3 3 
			 Aylesbury — — — 10 10 
			 Bedford — — — 2 2 
			 Birmingham — 1 1 2 4 
			 Blundeston — — — 3 3 
			 Brinsford — 1 2 1 4 
			 Bristol — — 4 — 4 
			 Brixton — — — 1 1 
			 Buckley Hall — — 1 6 7 
			 Bullingdon — — 1 4 5 
			 Camp Hill — — 2 2 4 
			 Canterbury — — 8 1 9 
			 Channings Wood — 1 42 54 97 
			 Coldingley — — 2 — 2 
			 Dartmoor — 1 24 49 74 
			 Deerbolt — — 1 — 1 
			 Doncaster — — — 1 1 
			 Dorchester — 1 1 — 2 
			 Dovegate — — 3 50 53 
			 Elmley — — 1 3 4 
			 Erlestoke — — 21 52 73 
			 Everthorpe — — — 2 2 
			 Exeter — — 2 3 5 
			 Featherstone — — 4 10 14 
			 Ford — — 3 1 4 
			 Forest Bank — — 1 1 2 
			 Frankland — — — 23 23 
			 Full Sutton — — — 15 15 
			 Garth — — 1 39 40 
			 Gartree — — — 14 14 
			 Glen Parva — — 4 1 5 
			 Gloucester 2 — 7 4 13 
			 Grendon — — — 4 4 
			 Guys Marsh — 1 27 32 60 
			 Haverigg — — 6 9 15 
			 Hewell — — 5 7 12 
			 Highdown — — 2 3 5 
			 Highpoint — — 1 4 5 
			 Hindley — 1 1 — 2 
			 Hollesley Bay — — — 1 1 
			 Hull — — — 1 1 
			 Huntercombe — — 2 — 2 
			 Kennet 1 1 13 7 22 
			 Kingston — — — 9 9 
			 Kirkham — — 6 9 15 
			 Kirklevington Grange — — — 1 1 
			 Lancaster — — 1 — 1 
			 Lancaster Farms — — 1 2 3 
			 Leyhill — — 8 26 34 
			 Lincoln — — — 1 1 
			 Lindholme — — — 4 4 
			 Littlehey — — 1 9 10 
			 Liverpool — 2 5 3 10 
			 Long Lartin — — — 11 11 
			 Lowdham Grange — — 2 4 6 
			 Maidstone — — 1 1 2 
			 Manchester — 3 — 1 4 
			 Moorland — — — 2 2 
			 Mount — — — 1 1 
			 North Sea Camp — — 1 1 2 
			 Northallerton — — 1 — 1 
			 Norwich — — 2 — 2 
			 Onley — — 2 — 2 
			 Parkhurst — — — 4 4 
			 Peterborough — 1 2 — 3 
			 Portland — — 9 3 12 
			 Preston — — — 1 1 
			 Ranby — — — 2 2 
			 Risley — — 21 29 50 
			 Rye Hill — — — 26 26 
			 Shepton Mallet — — — 12 12 
			 Shrewsbury 1 — 1 1 3 
			 Spring Hill — — 1 2 3 
			 Stafford — 1 7 8 16 
			 Stocken — — 2 10 12 
			 Stoke Heath 13 19 31 8 71 
			 Sudbury — — — 6 6 
			 Swaleside — — — 11 11 
			 Swinfen Hall — — 5 18 23 
			 Thorn Cross — 2 7 1 10 
			 Verne — — 2 7 9 
			 Wakefield — — — 41 41 
			 Wandsworth — — 2 4 6 
			 Warren Hill — — 2 — 2 
			 Wayland — — — 3 3 
			 Wealstun — — 1 — 1 
			 Wellingborough — — — 4 4 
			 Werrington — 2 1 — 3 
			 Wetherby — — — 1 1 
			 Whatton — — 2 13 15 
			 Whitemoor — — — 3 3 
			 Winchester — — — 1 1 
			 Wolds — — 1 2 3 
			 Woodhill — — — 1 1 
			 Wymott — 1 20 25 46 
			 Total 63 76 509 871 1,519

Prosecutions

David Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prosecutions were commenced under section 123(2) of the Police Act 1997 in the most recent year for which figures are available; and how many such prosecutions resulted in a conviction.

Claire Ward: The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for an offence under section 123 of the 1997 Police Act are shown in the table below. Section 123(2) of the 1997 Police Act states that it is an offence to "Make a false statement to obtain a criminal record or conviction certificate". Centrally held data do not separately identify under which part of section 123 court proceedings took place.
	Data for 2008 will be available towards the end of 2009.
	
		
			  The number of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts under section 123 of the Police Act 1997, England and Wales, 2007( 1,2) 
			   Number 
			 Proceeded against 1 
			 Found guilty 1 
			 (1) The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.  Source: Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis Unit

Contracts: Goldman Sachs

Dai Davies: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many contracts the Government holds with Goldman Sachs Bank; and what the monetary value of such contracts is in 2009-10.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Goldman Sachs were engaged in autumn 2007 to work for HMT on issues surrounding Northern Rock. To date, Goldman Sachs have been paid £3.8 million in respect of this contract. There are no other contracts in place with Goldman Sachs.
	Under the agreement with Northern Rock, certain fees are recoverable and this sum does not therefore represent a net cost to the Treasury.

Holiday Homes

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
	(1)  what estimate he has made of the number of holiday lets in  (a) North Yorkshire and  (b) England which will be affected by the decision to reclassify income from holiday lets as unearned income;
	(2)  what the revenue to the Exchequer from taxation on holiday lets was in  (a) North Yorkshire and  (b) England in (i) 2005, (ii) 2006, (iii) 2007 and (iv) 2008.

Stephen Timms: The estimated taxable profit for those who made a net profit on furnished holiday lettings was £90 million, which would be subject to taxation at the marginal rate of the taxpayer. This estimate relates to 2006-07 which is the latest year for which full data is available; estimates for the preceding year are thought to be similar. An impact assessment for the withdrawal of the furnished holiday lets concession will be published at the pre-Budget report, alongside the draft regulations. HM Revenue and Customs do not have information on the number or location of furnished holiday lettings.

Royal Mail

Michael Weir: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department spent on services provided by Royal Mail in each of the last two years.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The Treasury's spending with the Royal Mail in 2007-08 and 2008-09 was £57,058 and £61,310 respectively.

Taxation: Developing Countries

Michael Moore: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he plans to take to implement the G20 London Summit commitment to develop proposals by the end of 2009 to make it easier for developing countries to secure the benefits of a new co-operative tax environment; and whether discussion of such proposals will be on the agenda for the forthcoming G20 Summit in Pittsburgh.

Ian Pearson: The UK is working with its international partners to drive forward the G20 agenda to ensure that developing countries benefit from the new co-operative tax environment.
	Earlier this month, G20 Finance Ministers lent further support to the proposal that developing countries should benefit from the new tax transparency, possibly through a multilateral instrument for information exchange, which would allow a wider group of countries—including developing countries—to access relevant tax information.
	The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes has agreed to report to the next meeting of G20 Finance Ministers in November on how multilateral tax information exchange agreements (TIEAs) work and what steps are necessary to accelerate full implementation of the international standard on tax information exchange. The UK will be pressing for early implementation of such an instrument. We expect this issue to be discussed at the meeting of G20 Finance Ministers in November.

Valuation Office Agency: Publications

Philip Dunne: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to page 33 of the Valuation Office Agency's (VOA) Annual Report and Accounts 2008-09, HC 521, if he will place in the Library a copy of Deloitte's report on its high level assessment of the maturity and effectiveness of VOA information security, redacted for security reasons as necessary.

Ian Pearson: The Deloitte report assesses the Valuation Office Agency's (VOA) security maturity and identifies the areas for improvement to enable full compliance with the Poynter review, with the HMG Security Policy Framework and Minimum Mandatory Measures and ISO 27001—the industry standard measure for information security compliance.
	The report has therefore been classified as restricted, and cannot be published. Redaction of material, which may aggravate security risks if published, would render the report meaningless.

Working Capital Scheme

Greg Hands: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the monetary value of the agreements with banks signed under the Working Capital scheme is.

Rosie Winterton: I have been asked to reply.
	£2 billion of guarantees have been provided to banks under the Working Capital scheme to free up regulatory capital for new lending to UK companies. As a result of action by the Government and the regulatory authorities, leading to improvements in the capital position of the UK banking system since the introduction of the WCS, the Government have been able to allocate resource provision for the WCS to other measures to support businesses, including as announced at the Budget 2009 a trade credit insurance top up scheme and a possible new letters of credit scheme in the Export Credit Guarantee Department.